Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Tuesday, Sept 29

Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Tuesday: - - - - FIFA FIFA ethics panel gives life ban to former exco member Warne ZURICH - Former CONCACAF president and FIFA executive committee member Jack Warner has been banned from all football-related activities for life, the ethics committee for world soccer body FIFA said on Tuesday (SOCCER-FIFA/WARNER, moved, by Brian Homewood) - - - - SOCCER Champions League We will have report and sidebars from all the main action in the second round of Champions League fixtures starting on Tuesday with the likes of holders Barcelona, Roma and Chelsea all in action. We will also have news ahead of Wednesday's ties. - - Messi-less Barca chasing first win at home to Leverkusen BARCELONA - Holders Barcelona will be without the injured Lionel Messi when they bid for an opening victory in their latest European campaign at home to Bayer Leverkusen. (SOCCER-CHAMPIONS-BAR-LEV/ (PIX, TV), expect by 2030 GMT/4:30 PM ET, 400 words) - - Mourinho takes stuttering Chelsea to old club Porto PORTO - Chelsea will look to put their poor domestic form to one side as they seek a second consecutive victory in Group G (SOCCER-CHAMPIONS/POR-CHL (PIX), expect by 2030 GMT/4.30 PM ET, 400 words) - - Atletico and Benfica look ahead to Calderon clash MADRID - Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone and Benfica counterpart Rui Vitoria hold news conferences ahead of Wednesday's game at the Calderon. (SOCCER-CHAMPIONS-ATL-BEN/ (PIX, TV), expect by 1200 GMT/8 AM ET, 300 words) - - United banking on Martial arts for European goals LONDON - Manchester United will bank on the dazzling form of Anthony Martial in Wednesday's Champions League game against VfL Wolfsburg as Louis van Gaal's men look to bounce back from their opening defeat in Group B. (SOCCER-CHAMPIONS-MNU-WOL/ (PREVIEW), moved, 442 words) - - Shoestring Swedes hope to upset mighty Madrid STOCKHOLM - When Swedish champions Malmo take on mighty Real Madrid on Wednesday they do so knowing they would probably have to sell their entire squad just to be able to afford a single player from the bench of the Spanish giants. (SOCCER-CHAMPIONS-MAL-MAD/ (PREVIEW), moved, by Philip O'Connor, 446 words) - - We won't freeze in awe of City says Glabdach coach Schubert Borussia Moenchengladbach will not fear Manchester City when they host the big-spending English club in their first ever Champions League home game on Wednesday, interim Gladbach coach Andre Schubert said.. (SOCCER-CHAMPIONS/GLADBACH, moved, by Karolos Grohmann, 438 words) - - - - RUGBY World Cup (to Oct. 31) Injury-ravaged Wales right to fear the Fijians Wales, who have been hit by injury, need to beat a Fiji side that have already proved they are no Pool A pushovers if they are to ensure their dramatic win over England was no pyrrhic victory. (RUGBY UNION-WORLD/WALES-FIJI (PREVIEW), expect by 1700 GMT/1 PM ET, by Nick Mulvenney, 400 words) - - France expect Canada to pose different test than Romania LONDON - After winning a "trench warfare" battle up front against Romania, unbeaten France expect to come up against a more expansive style when they take on Canada in their penultimate Pool D game on Thursday. (RUGBY UNION-WORLD/FRANCE-CANADA (PREVIEW), expect by 1700 GMT/1 PM ET, by Justin Palmer, 400 words) - - France name team to face Canada in third Pool D match LONDON - France have opted to rest number eight Louis Picamoles and will give wing Remy Grosso his first Rugby World Cup start in the Pool D match against Canada at Milton Keynes on Thursday.(RUGBY UNION-WORLD/FRANCE-TEAM, moved. by Rex Gowar, 300 words) - - Tonga v Namibia Namibia take aim at bruised Tongans EXETER, England - Namibia have the best chance of the tournament to break their World Cup duck with a win over Tonga who were stunned by Georgia in their opening Pool C match. (RUGBY UNION-WORLD/TONGA-NAMIBIA (PIX), expect by 1830 GMT/2:30 PM ET, by John Geddie, 400 words) - - - - MOTOR RACING New Haas Formula One team to make driver announcement Haas F1, the U.S.-based team set to debut next season with Ferrari engines, hold a news conference at their North Carolina headquarters to announce their first driver. (MOTOR RACING-HAAS/, expect by 1530 GMT/11.30 AM ET, 400 words) - - - - CRICKET Zimbabwe look to share Twenty20 series with Pakistan HARARE - Zimbabwe have a chance to share the two-match Twenty20 series and put behind them a narrow defeat by Pakistan in the first game when they meet at the Harare Sports Club. (CRICKET-ZIMBABWE/, expect by 1500 GMT/11 AM ET, 200 words) - - - - NFL Rodgers roars on as Packers improve home winning streak Aaron Rodgers has turned his home Lambeau Field into a personal playground, leading the Green Bay Packers on a perfect streak there approaching two years. (NFL-PACKERS/ (PIX), moved, by The Sports Xchange, 300 words) - - - - BASEBALL Dodgers target post-season berth, this time against Giants Fresh from being swept by the Colorado Rockies, the National League West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers have another chance to book a place in the post-season when they start a four-game set away to their division rival San Francisco Giants. (BASEBALL-GIANTS/, expect by 0630 GMT/2:30 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 300 words) - - Rangers suffer setback against Tigers For the third consecutive day, Texas missed an opportunity to directly reduce its magic number to clinch the American League West. The latest setback came at the hands of lowly Detroit. (BASEBALL-HIGHLIGHTS/, moved, by The Sports Xchange, 600 words) - - - - NORTH AMERICAN SPORTS Roundups of off-field developments in the major North American professional sports leagues. (expect by 0000 GMT/8:00 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words) - - - - TENNIS ATP: Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur (to Oct 4) Shenzhen Open, Shenzhen, China (to Oct 4) WTA: Wuhan Open, Wuhan, China (to Oct 4) Tashkent Open, Tashkent, Uzbekistan (to Oct 4) Copy on merit - - - - (Asia Desk Editor: Ian Ransom)